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Vineyard Conservation Society's Rising Seas Awareness Project

In downtown Vineyard Haven, water could extend inland halfway to Main street, including the Steamship terminal, municipal parking lots and businesses. Both sides of Beach Road would be flooded, as would the Beach Road and Lagoon Pond Road commercial and industrial area.

In Oak Bluffs, Important sections of Beach Road, Temahigan avenue, East Chop Drive, Eastville avenue and County Road could all be flooded, impacting hospital access.

Around Oak Bluffs harbor, water would cross New York avenue and Sunset Lake, extending to south of School street and into the Camp Ground. Businesses between the harbor and Circuit avenue extension could be inundated.

To the north of Farm Pond in Oak Bluffs, esidential areas and much of Waban Park could be inundated. Inundation could extend to the Farm Pond Preserve, into Harthaven and south of Hart's Harbor and Ice House Pond. .

Downtown Edgartown’s harbor frontage could be inundated as far inland as North and South Water streets from Starbuck Neck to near Cooke street. The ocean's new shoreline would be on the island side of Sengekontacket Pond.

On Chappaquiddick, barrier beaches to the south and east would be relocated by predicted rising water levels and stronger ocean storms. Chappy Point, Gardner Beach and the On Time ferry terminals could be inundated.

Edgartown’s frontage on Katama Bay and Mattakeset Bay is flat and low, and could be inundated shortly following the end of this century.

On the south shore, rising waters could flood present wetlands and push ponds inland. Dwellings and farm land are located within areas likely to be inundated.

Menemsha Harbor’s docks bulkheads, roadways and utilities could be inundated by higher harbor water levels.

The following maps show the sea level rise on Martha’s Vineyard that is predicted based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s high forecast for greenhouse gas emissions and numerous other analyses.These forecasts are also used for the state’s Climate Change Adaptation Report (2011) and the Martha's Vineyard Commission’s planning work.

• Areas shown in YELLOW on the maps would be flooded by a sea level increase of 1 meter (3 feet, 3 inches) — forecast to happen shortly after midcentury (2050 to 2070).• Areas shown in RED would be inundated by an additional one meter of sea level rise, to a total of 6 feet, 7 inches — forecast to occur soon after the end of the century (2100 to 2120).

The maps do not show additional flooding that would result from high tides or storm surges/